The Elba Hope Foundation – founded by Idris and Sabrina Elba – has partnered with The Prince’s Trust on a new project to create opportunities for young people, launching today in Manchester.
Creative Futures aims to inspire young people through the arts across Manchester. Over the next year, the project will provide free courses from The Prince’s Trust to help young people build the skills and confidence they need to find a job, train or start a business in the creative industries.
Prince’s Trust alumnus Idris was supported by The Trust as a teenager and has continued to work closely with us. The range of free courses delivered by The Trust will support young people who are not in work, education or training to find out more about careers and jobs in the creative industries, such as music, theatre, or the arts.
Idris said of today’s announcement:
Many of us working in the arts today, myself included, only made it because of programmes like this when we were young. Today’s youth deserve at least the same chance, and more. Creative Futures exists to give the same hope, support and success I’ve found to the next generation.
Sabrina and I co-founded The Elba Hope Foundation to help every young person fulfil their potential. The Creative Futures programme will do just that, with courses in industries I know and love. We’ll help young people develop skills, confidence and aspirations for the future.
The first courses for young people to take part in are Get Started with DJing and an Enterprise programme focusing on developing creative businesses. The programmes open for applications today, and the DJing course will take place in November 2024.
The Prince’s Trust helps tens of thousands of young people each year to build the confidence and skills they need to realise their potential. Three in four young people on Prince’s Trust programmes move into work, education or training.
